The product I chose to find on the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database was the shampoo that I use which is Garnier Fructis. The health concern for my shampoo was moderate, which isn't THAT bad but after looking at some of the facts and ingredients I did get a little freaked out. The first two ingredients that were the highest scored in the hazard concern was the fragrance and some chemical I can't even pronoun but after reading a little bit it sounds like the chemical is Formaldehyde. Although reading about the hazard scoring about my shampoo, I'll probably stick to buying it. I like my shampoo and I feel like no matter we do these days, there are going to be health concerns or risks. It does, though, scare me that there is formaldehyde in my shampoo.
You would hope something you use so much like shampoo wouldn't have too many harmful chemicals. Sounds like you have a pretty good one if it was only moderate, hopefully that means the company is being responsible and actually going out of their way to protect costumers. I'd like to see what some really old products score from years ago before there was any concern regarding health and ozone depletion, probably some pretty crazy chemicals in those bottles!
ReplyDeleteFor most of the things I looked up the highest scoring ingredient was the fragrance. Which kind of makes me curious about my actual perfumes, but none of them were listed on the website.
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